Speech #890013847

I wish only to express the belief and the hope that the Department of Labor will cooperate most closely with Michigan growers in actively searching the U.S. labor market. I continue to believe that this can resolve the summer harvest problem so far as Michigan is concerned. If it does not. I would expect that the Department would know in time sufficient to permit applications to be processed under the basic provisions of the immigration law. Public Law 414. in order that specific workers for specific jobs may be brought into the country. In order that this may be possible. the very closest possible cooperation is required between the Department of Labor and the growers.